Shades of Tariq Ramadan

Submitted by David (United States), Aug 17, 2010 at 10:39

Imam Rauf reminds me more and more of Tariq Ramadan. Ramadan found ways to present his views with a wrapping of Western enlightenment. But as Paul Berman wrote a few years ago, if you looked beneath the surface, there were some troubling implications to what he said.

With Rauf it's much the same. He speaks the language of enlightened Westerners charming them as a Muslim who appreciates the freedoms of the West. But beneath the surface there are troubling implications to his beliefs, including the name "Cordoba."

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